People: Aug. 28, 1964

High ho, yodeled Robert Strange McNamara, 48, as he dusted off his
trusty crampons, eased himself into his climbing knickers, and prepared
to melt some solid Pentagon flesh in an assault on the 14,701-ft.
Matterhorn. With his son Robert Craig, 14, and a dauntless Yank quintet
whom Swiss whiz kids tagged "McNamara's Band," the Defense Secretary
slogged up to within 2,000 ft. of the summit, where a 2-ft. snowfall
programmed the computers to say no go. Back to base camp, men.